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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Glamorgan won the toss and choose to bowl first
Surrey beat Glamorgan by 7 runs
Can Glamorgan continue their good run of form against Surrey?
Surrey to Win!
Tournament: | Vitality T20 Blast, 2025 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
Weather: | 15.2°C|Partly cloudy |
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Glamorgan will play host to Surrey in the 17th match of the South Group in the Vitality T20 Blast on Tuesday, June 3rd. The match is slated to be played at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, with a scheduled start time of 11:00 PM IST. It will be live-streamed on Glamorgan's official YouTube channel.
Glamorgan are coming off a dominant five-wicket win over Middlesex at Northwood on Sunday, in what was a pretty one-sided contest. On the other hand, their opponents Surrey suffered a five-wicket loss against their rivals Somerset at Taunton in their first match of the season.
Current Standings - Glamorgan stand in 4th place with one win in one match, while Surrey are at the bottom of the table in the South Group with zero wins in one match.
Head-to-Head Record - Across 23 matches played in the Vitality T20 Blast, Surrey has had the upper hand over Glamorgan with 12 wins, while Glamorgan has won 9 matches. At Sophia Gardens, Surrey has won 7 of the 11 matches played against the home team, Glamorgan.
124/9 in 20.0 6.2
T20BLAST
Glamorgan beat Middlesex by 5 wickets
128/5 in 15.3 8.26
383/10 in 115.4 3.31
CC2025
Glamorgan beat Middlesex by 10 wickets
8/0 in 2.2 3.43
Glamorgan beat Surrey by 7 wickets
238/5 in 20.0
VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023
Surrey beat Glamorgan by 81 runs
157/8 in 20.0
171/8 in 20.0
VITALITY T20 BLAST 2023
Surrey beat Glamorgan by 65 runs
236/2 in 20.0
Glamorgan made quite a statement against Middlesex in their first match of the season, restricting them to 124/9. This dominant bowling performance was led by leg-spinner Mason Crane, who took a four-wicket haul, finishing with figures of 4/28.
Brilliant fielding from Hayden Kerr resulted in the crucial dismissal of Kane Williamson, a vital blow for Middlesex. Dan Douthwaite picked up two wickets in the middle overs, while Kellaway and Van der Gugten also bowled economically, securing one wicket each.
Glamorgan then chased down the target in 15.3 overs. Despite a slow start and losing wickets at regular intervals, finding themselves at 40/4, debutant Asa Tribe from Jersey played a match-winning knock. He was the top scorer for Glamorgan with 40 runs off 26 balls, smashing four sixes. Dan Douthwaite also played a quickfire cameo, scoring 31 runs off 19 balls, guiding Glamorgan to their first win of the season by five wickets.
Heading into their first home game of the season against a stronger side in Surrey, Glamorgan will need to be good with the bat. The onus will be on their skipper Kiran Carlson, who has scored 686 runs in 37 matches. Alongside him, Colin Ingram will have to come good, having amassed 1557 runs in 55 matches at Cardiff.
The surface at Cardiff favors pacers, and wickets in the powerplay will be key in containing the power-packed Surrey batting lineup. Timm van der Gugten has troubled Jason Roy in the past, where Roy averages 18 and has been dismissed once by him. Meanwhile, Dan Douthwaite has gotten the better of the Surrey middle order in previous encounters.
Kiran Carlson (C), William Smale, Ben Kellaway, Colin Ingram, Chris Cooke (wk), Asa Tribe, Dan Douthwaite, Hayden Kerr, Mason Crane, Timm van der Gugten, Andy Gorvin
Ben Kellaway, Andy Gorvin, William Smale, Colin Ingram, Chris Cooke, Asa Tribe, Timm van der Gugten, Daniel Douthwaite, Mason Crane, Kiran Carlson, Hayden Kerr
Surrey will be gutted with their performance in the first match of the season against Somerset, which featured a poor batting display despite a strong lineup. Batting first, Surrey lost the wickets of Ollie Pope and Dom Sibley for single digits.
Jason Roy played a lone hand, narrowly missing a well-deserved century by scoring 92 runs off 54 balls, smashing 6 fours and 7 sixes. Sam Curran played a useful hand, scoring 22 runs off 23 balls, while none of the other batters reached double figures.
Dan Worrall set the tone with the new ball while defending a score of 147 runs, conceding just 13 runs in two overs, but couldn't provide breakthroughs. Somerset built good partnerships for their first three wickets, and the game remained in their favor. Sam Curran picked up two wickets, and Yousef Majid was effective with the ball on his Surrey debut, finishing with figures of 2/26.
Surrey has had the upper hand over Glamorgan in their last two encounters at Cardiff.Jason Roy, currently in stellar form with the bat, has amassed 176 runs in 6 matches at this venue, averaging a respectable 29.33. Sam Curran is also in good touch, having scored 112 runs and picked up 6 wickets in 4 matches at Cardiff.
In the bowling department, Daniel Worrall will be a vital cog in the powerplay, aiming to provide crucial breakthroughs. Chris Jordan, with 5 wickets in 5 matches at Cardiff, and Tom Curran, who boasts 8 wickets in 6 matches at the same ground, will be relied upon to execute their yorkers and variations effectively in the death overs.
Dom Sibley, Ollie Pope (wk), Jason Roy, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Laure Evans, Ollie Sykes, Nathan Smith, Chris Jordan, Daniel Worrall, Yousef Majid
Dominic Sibley, Jason Roy, Laurie Evans, Ollie Pope, Nathan Smith, Ollie Sykes, Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Daniel Worrall, Yousef Majid, Chris Jordan
On Tuesday, June 3rd, the weather at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, is expected to be around 17°C. There is a slight chance of rain, with winds blowing at 31 km/hr and humidity at 66%. The precipitation chance is 50%.
Pitch Condition
Batting Conditions
Pace Bowling
Spin Bowling
The pitch at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff is generally a good batting track, with scores exceeding 180 runs being recorded five times in the last six T20 Blast matches. The average first innings score was around 185-190 runs last season and it is a par score which can be defended. As this is the first game of the season at Sophia Gardens, a flat batting surface with good bounce and carry is anticipated, and the pitch is expected to remain true throughout the match.
At Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, teams batting first have had a strong record, winning four of the last six Vitality T20 Blast matches. Furthermore, in the most recent four encounters between Surrey and Glamorgan, the side batting first has emerged victorious on three occasions. Given these trends, we predict that the team winning the toss will elect to bat first.
Surrey will enter this contest as favorites despite their loss in the previous match. They possess a power-packed batting lineup, and their world-class bowling attack can be highly effective on a surface that favors pacers. Conversely, Glamorgan's batting lineup was exposed in their last outing, and they have historically struggled against Surrey at Cardiff, losing 7 of the 11 matches played between the two sides at this venue.
We are backing Surrey to bounce back and win this fixture.
Surrey to Win!
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